Guilt

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Guilt
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Tue, 07-31-2007 - 10:20am

Why does the media portray working moms, always, as having guilt?


http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/07/30/hm.mommy.guilt/index.html


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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:40pm
what is this winter/summer switch of which you speak? I shall have to go investigate! I inherited these with the condo and haven't been able to afford to replace them...I shall go look1

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:42pm

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Perhaps you should stop assuming, it doesn't seem to be working in accuracy.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 07-17-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:42pm
that is a childs personality not gender. my oldest was never got into anything (except the garbage) my middle one is my hell raiser, to this day she will get into anything. while my son while he is very active he will happily play out in the sandbox or on the swing set for hours at a time. he does get into stuff, but nothing like my middle dd.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:42pm
I agree...I"m loving Liza's 8 year old self....her three year old self I have blacked out so I don't trigger post traumatic stress flashbacks.

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 01-10-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:43pm
Yes, that is very obvious. But what else is obvious is that she doesn't realize that it is a choice she's made; not something that her kids' ages dictate.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:43pm

Okay...but how does one leap from not giving baths to not doing anything?


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 01-10-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:44pm
I can think of one. And she's one of the "extenuating circumstances" ones. I can think of a couple that have it harder ... again because of "extenuating circumstances".
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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:45pm

<<i do remember the start of conditions like ADD back then and ritalin.>>


Ritalin was introduced in 1956, fyi.


History of ADHD in Time Line:
_1902: The first clinical description of ADHD appeared, labeled as
“Morbid Defect of Moral Control.”
_1922: ADHD gets a new name, Post-encephalitic Behavior Disorders.
_1930s: Amphetamines introduced to treat hyperactive children.
_1956: Ritalin introduced as a treatment for hyperactivity.
_1960: ADHD gets another new name, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
_1968: And another, Hyperkinetic Reaction.
_1980: Attention Deficit becomes an official disorder with the National Institute of Mental Health naming a group of characteristics as Attention Deficit Disorder +/- Hyperactivity.
_1996: Adderall gains FDA approval for the treatment of ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorder.
_1998: The American Medical Association called ADHD “one of the best-researched disorders in medicine.”
_1999: Concerta gains FDA approval for the treatment of ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorder.
_1999: Metadate gains FDA approval for the treatment of ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorder.
_2001: Focalin gains FDA approval for the treatment of ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorder.
_2002: Strattera gains approval for the treatment of ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorder.

PumpkinAngel

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:45pm

I have no clue, I don't stand there while it runs.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 2:46pm

Excuse me?

PumpkinAngel

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